Grilled Cheese

Pre-basseting lunch time menus often consisted of grilled cheese and Campbell’s tomato soup - Daddy’s favorite. He made it in bulk for all of us. In the frying pan, slices of cheese were laid against the edge of each sandwich’s long edge. We called them “wings,” and we wouldn’t eat grilled cheese without them. After everything became perfectly browned, Daddy stacked the sandwiches in a towering pile. I remember it being at least two feet tall. It likely wasn’t. Either way, we’d all gather around to watch the glorious moment when Daddy sliced the whole stack diagonally in one great chop.